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NL · 46–33 (.582) · Rank 4 · Attendance

Batting

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	BA	OPS
John Peters	83	379	93	1	31	.245	.545
Joe Quest	83	334	69	0	22	.207	.487
Abner Dalrymple	71	333	97	0	23	.291	.672
Silver Flint	79	324	92	1	41	.284	.695
Ed Williamson	80	320	94	1	36	.294	.790
Orator Shafer	73	316	96	0	35	.304	.662
George Gore	63	266	70	0	32	.263	.642
Terry Larkin	60	228	50	0	18	.219	.535
Cap Anson	51	227	72	0	34	.317	.737
Frank Hankinson	44	171	31	0	8	.181	.396
Jack Remsen	42	152	33	0	8	.217	.497
Lew Brown	6	21	6	0	3	.286	.651
Bill Harbridge	4	18	2	0	1	.111	.222
John Stedronsky	4	12	1	0	0	.083	.166
Herm Doscher	3	11	2	0	1	.182	.364
Tom Dolan	1	4	0	0	0	.000	.000

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	SO	WHIP
Terry Larkin	31	23	2.44	58	0	142	1.060
Frank Hankinson	15	10	2.50	26	0	69	1.192

Schedule (83 games)

Date	Opponent	Result
1879-05-01	vs SR1	W 4–3
1879-05-02	vs SR1	W 10–5
1879-05-05	vs SR1	W 7–3
1879-05-06	vs TRN	W 12–1
1879-05-08	vs TRN	W 10–5
1879-05-10	vs TRN	W 15–8
1879-05-13	vs PRO	L 5–14
1879-05-15	vs PRO	W 7–2
1879-05-17	vs PRO	W 3–1
1879-05-20	vs BSN	W 9–5
1879-05-22	vs BSN	W 4–3
1879-05-24	vs BSN	W 6–2
1879-05-28	@ BSN	W 6–0
1879-05-30	@ BSN	W 8–0
1879-05-31	@ BSN	W 4–2
1879-06-05	@ PRO	W 6–5
1879-06-06	@ PRO	L 0–3
1879-06-07	@ PRO	W 12–6
1879-06-10	@ TRN	T 1–1
1879-06-11	@ TRN	W 6–3
1879-06-12	@ TRN	W 13–3
1879-06-14	@ TRN	L 9–10
1879-06-17	@ SR1	W 3–2
1879-06-19	@ SR1	W 4–3
1879-06-21	@ SR1	W 5–3
1879-06-24	@ CN1	L 1–4
1879-06-25	@ CN1	W 7–3
1879-06-28	vs CN1	W 5–1
1879-07-01	vs CN1	L 5–7
1879-07-02	vs CN1	L 8–9
1879-07-04	vs BSN	L 3–4
1879-07-05	vs BSN	W 14–6
1879-07-08	vs BSN	W 4–3
1879-07-10	vs SR1	W 7–6
1879-07-11	vs SR1	W 8–2
1879-07-12	vs SR1	L 7–9
1879-07-15	vs TRN	W 11–0
1879-07-16	vs TRN	W 4–0
1879-07-17	vs TRN	W 6–4
1879-07-19	vs PRO	L 1–9
1879-07-21	vs PRO	T 0–0
1879-07-22	vs PRO	W 8–6
1879-07-23	vs PRO	L 4–13
1879-07-25	vs CN1	W 6–3
1879-07-26	vs CN1	L 8–11
1879-07-28	vs CN1	L 2–5
1879-07-30	vs CL2	W 7–6
1879-07-31	vs CL2	W 6–3
1879-08-02	vs CL2	W 7–0
1879-08-05	vs BFN	L 1–2
1879-08-06	vs BFN	L 3–9
1879-08-07	vs BFN	W 3–2
1879-08-09	@ CN1	L 6–11
1879-08-11	@ CN1	L 1–5
1879-08-12	@ CN1	L 0–5
1879-08-14	@ CL2	W 5–4
1879-08-15	@ CL2	L 0–2
1879-08-18	@ CL2	L 2–11
1879-08-19	vs BFN	L 3–9
1879-08-20	vs BFN	W 8–1
1879-08-21	vs BFN	W 10–1
1879-08-23	vs CL2	W 6–1
1879-08-25	vs CL2	L 1–5
1879-08-26	vs CL2	W 6–3
1879-08-28	@ BFN	W 6–1
1879-08-30	@ BFN	T 5–5
1879-09-01	@ BFN	W 4–1
1879-09-03	@ PRO	L 1–8
1879-09-04	@ PRO	L 3–10
1879-09-06	@ PRO	L 5–11
1879-09-08	@ BSN	L 0–10
1879-09-09	@ BSN	L 0–4
1879-09-10	@ BSN	L 8–17
1879-09-17	@ TRN	L 4–5
1879-09-19	@ TRN	T 6–6
1879-09-20	@ TRN	L 4–6
1879-09-23	@ CL2	L 7–10
1879-09-24	@ CL2	W 2–1
1879-09-25	@ CL2	W 6–5
1879-09-26	@ BFN	W 3–1
1879-09-27	@ BFN	L 5–17
1879-09-29	@ BFN	L 3–5
1879-09-30	@ BFN	L 2–10

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Batting

Pitching

Schedule (83 games)